Fraud doesn’t mean what it used to. A string of high-profile federal prosecutions are falling apart as courts apply a newly narrowed legal definition of the crime. The latest case came this week in ...

Identity fraud is the unauthorised use of a person’s personal information by another person to commit a crime or deceive or defraud that person or a third party in order to take advantage of the ...

Fraud is a catch-all term that encompasses a number of different (but related) types of crimes. It can include identity theft, check fraud, forgery, embezzlement and financial exploitation of older ...

Defense attorney Alina Habba called the assets at issue 'Mona Lisa" properties—meaning they couldn't be overvalued as long as there was a prospective buyer who would pay the stated price. The ...

Securities fraud occurs when a party misrepresents information in order to make money in the securities market at the expense of others.